270 MERRILL. 



wantinu-. Iiillorcscc'iiec tcniiinal aiitl axiliai'v of many racciiics. 1<) cm. 

 long or li'ss, j)iil)e8c-ent. Flo\vt'i-s white l-mci'oiis, pciliccUate, the ])(Hlieels 

 l.o mm. long, pubescent. Sepals 1 mm. long, acute, pubescent. Petals 

 elliptieal, Toun(le<l. 1.5 mm. long, \ei'v slightly pubescent. Filaments 

 4 nun. long, glabrous: anthers ()..-) mui. long. Ovai'y •,?-celle(l. ))ilose. 



Ill forests at 700 m. alt. (No. ruH'A). 



Tlie second species of the fjemis to he found in tlie Pliili|i])incs. a tliird. n]i- 

 pai'entlx' iind('->crilicd one. idosely :illii'(l to the iilioxc is i('|ireseiit<'il in (Mil' 

 herhariiini from Lake l.anao, MiiuLmao, coll. Clciiicits. 



KOSAOE.E. 



RUBUS Linn. 



Rubus rolfei \u\. Phan. Cuniinj;-. Thilip. (1885) 171. 

 In oi)eii heatlis and thickets at 2.400 to 2,.'i.'i0 m. alt. (No. .5715). 

 I'revionsiy known only from llie mountains of Luzon and from Mount Canlaon. 

 Neji'ros. 



Rubus moluccanus Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) 1107. 



In foicsts at l.S(H) m. alt. (No. 5505) ; also c(dlected hy Merrill, in forests at 

 IKK) m. alt. ( Xo. 4:5()2). 



Throuffliout the l'hilip])ines at hiulier altitudes. 



British India to southern Ciiina and Malaya. 



Jxuhiis frd.riiiifdlius Poii.. is alnuidant helow 1.500 m. all. 



PHOTINIA Lindl. 



Photinia luzonensis .Merr. in Covt. Lah. Puhl. 17 (1004) IS. 

 In thickets liordeiiuL; an o])en heatli at 2.400 ni. alt. (No. (1205). 

 Previously known only from Moiuit Mari\-eles. Lu/.oii. 



LKCUTMINOS.l^l 



DESMODIUM DC. 



Desmodlum ormocarpoides DC Piodr. 2 (1S25) :?27. 



In open .slough alon<^ the .Ma;:- Kiver at 100 m. alt. (No. 022:5). 



Pi-eviously known in the Pliilip])ines from Luzon. 



I'.ritish India to .lava. 



Desmodlum capitatum ll'.urni.) DC. I. e. .{.iO. 



Xeai' Suliaan in open Liia^s lands, 10 ni. or less al)o\(' >ea le\(d ( \o. 0224). 



W idfly distriliutcd in llic Philippines. 



I*.riti-li India to Malaya. 



PITHECOLOBIUM Mart. 



Pithecolobium prainianum .Merr. in I'liilip. -lonm. Sci. 1 (lOOtl) Suppl. 01. 



In forr>l> at ;;oo m. alt. ( Xo. 5702). 



I'ri'V ionslv known onl\- from tlie monidainN i>\' Luzon. 



